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Blog – Les’s Latest Gear Head Find – LED Light for Macro
After trying many lighting sources over the years, including aluminum foil taped to cardboard and LED flashlights with gels to warm up their blue light, I’ve found a new LED panel light – the Phottix M180 LED Light. I was instantly impressed with …
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Blog – Focus Stacking – Enjoying New In-Camera Tools
Focus stacking is frequently used by macro photographers, but it is also a great tool for landscape photographers. There are several advantages in using focus stacking with your macro or landscape images.
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Blog – There’s the Art of Photography, and Then There’s the Behavior
In the age of the selfie craze, there appears to be a risk that the behavior of photographers does at times devolve into an attitude of “anything goes” to get the shot. Is that artistry or just poor behavior?
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Blog – The Third Time is the Charm – Backing Up Image Files
Let’s start with an important fact of which some aren’t aware. Adobe Lightroom™ does not back up your image files. It only backs up Lightroom catalogs. When I first learned this to be true, I felt…
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Blog – The ROI of Critiques
Critiques are extremely valuable experiences when conducted in the spirit of learning, teaching, nurturing, expressing and experiencing. There are those who hear the word “critique” and immediately develop sweaty palms, and then there are those who think “what a great...
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Blog – The Language of Lines
The Language of Lines Lines Do More Than Lead by Janet Garrity Saucier When photographers tap into the guiding principles of graphic design, we movebeyond simply recording photography. We move toward expressing photography. - Les Saucier In previous articles,...
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Blog – What’s in Les’s Macro Kit?
What's in Les's Macro Kit?by Les Saucier Macro photography is a challenge unlike other photographic skill sets. It takes not only a lot of practice to master macro photography, but quite a bit of patiences as well. I can be a patient person, but when a job can be made...
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Blog – How Colors Make Us Feel: Neutral Colors
Creating vs Recording Photography Series - Part 5: Lastly, neutral colors - but not least! Consider neutrals to be black, gray, white, tan and brown. These are the colors that have a supporting role to the warms and cools. Black, gray and white are good companions to...
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Blog – How Colors Make Us Feel – Cool Colors
Creating vs Recording Photography Series - Part 4: Color is all around us, whether we're in the mountains witnessing a sunrise from East Fork Overlook on the Parkway or sitting in front of our computer monitors. Human beings are...
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Blog – How Colors Make Us Feel – Warm Colors
Creating vs Recording Photography Series - Part 3: Color is all around us, whether we're in the mountains watching a sunrise from East Fork Overlook or sitting in front of our computer monitors. Human beings are hardwired to respond to colors. For...
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Blog – How to Create with Color
Creating vs Recording Photography Series - Part 2: Color may be the most emotionally impactful tool visual artists have at their disposal. Fine artists spend years studying color. Industries invest millions of dollars to research color trends. Graphic...
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Blog – How to Use the Tool of Texture
Creating vs Recording Photography Series - Part 1: Let's begin by considering how texture impacts your senses. The sense of taste registers texture - think of a creamy milkshake or a crunchy potato chip. Our sense of touch perceives texture. Remember the...
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